tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989966954446423670.post6369895478405462731..comments2024-03-02T00:44:55.128-08:00Comments on Pleiotropy: Bottle feeding simulates child lossBjørn Østmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08859177313382114917noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989966954446423670.post-28314208215458956822009-08-18T08:50:09.138-07:002009-08-18T08:50:09.138-07:00No believes me when I say I'd like to try to b...No believes me when I say I'd like to try to be pregnant either.Bjørn Østmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08859177313382114917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989966954446423670.post-77342055351783360772009-08-18T04:53:34.700-07:002009-08-18T04:53:34.700-07:00Breast envy?
I've got a one week old at home ...Breast envy?<br /><br />I've got a one week old at home and the breast pump we've used in the past isn't here yet. <br /><br />That said, I'm not crying (or losing sleep) about it - can't say I'm particularly envious of the 3am shift.Yoni Freedhoff, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15855979454844538601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989966954446423670.post-6400665139667250582009-08-17T16:22:26.223-07:002009-08-17T16:22:26.223-07:00Hmmm. Interesting, but what about the ancient pro...Hmmm. Interesting, but what about the ancient profession of wet nursing?<br /><br />What about tribal cultures where whoever is available nurses a hungry child?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989966954446423670.post-90096656216477856132009-08-17T14:44:10.494-07:002009-08-17T14:44:10.494-07:00Did the study say anything about whether the bottl...Did the study say anything about whether the bottle-feeding mothers had planned to bottle-feed? There's a huge amount of 'breast is best' pressure in some areas, with mothers who choose/have to bottle-feed guilt-tripped by health visitors and made to feel that they're injuring their child. Also, n=50 isn't a great sample size when controlling for multiple other factors.<br /><br />I completely agree with you on the subject of ev. psych. but Medical Hypotheses isn't the first place I'd go looking for actual data.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992098593585263566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989966954446423670.post-53737338916146690632009-08-17T14:30:04.123-07:002009-08-17T14:30:04.123-07:00Either way, I think the subject of breast envy nee...Either way, I think the subject of breast envy needs to be studied further.Bjørn Østmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08859177313382114917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989966954446423670.post-75584681731797676932009-08-17T13:33:46.908-07:002009-08-17T13:33:46.908-07:00What about the bonding advantage for the father?
...What about the bonding advantage for the father?<br /><br />Let us assume that indeed bottle feeding simulates child loss... btw. have they compared the depression level of the 50 tested individuals, with the depression level of 50 mothers who actually encountered child loss. I'd say that bottle feeding is a rather poor simulation of childloss...<br /><br />But we forget the advantage of bottle feeding: I (as a father) was actually able to feed the babies much earlier than the comparable fathers who have breast fead babies. Which I could clame gave me a much better bonding experience! Besides that equal opportunity campaigners would support that both parents take care in the same activities.<br /><br />We should invest in the following studie: Adult human males retaliate and suppress breast feeding females more often than bottle feeding females, due to breast envy....<br /><br />Cheers ArendAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com